SUBJECT:
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Request Approval to Schedule and Advertise a Public Hearing to Consider a Resolution Adopting the Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) Five-Year Plan 2025 Update on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., or as Soon Thereafter, in the McPherson Governmental Campus Auditorium
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Chuck Varadin, Director |
Growth Services |
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
Local Governments are required to maintain a Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) Plan, which identifies potential natural and manmade hazards faced by each community, along with methods to minimize and mitigate impacts and speed recovery from disasters. The LMS Working Group and staff have completed the required update and have submitted it to the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM), and local municipality adoption of the plan is underway.
To ensure compliance with FEMA guidelines for the Flood Management Program, the Board is requested to conduct a required Public Hearing to consider the adoption of the 2025 updated Local Mitigation Strategy Five-Year Plan for Marion County by Resolution.
The Public Hearing is recommended for Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in the McPherson Governmental Campus Auditorium. This is during a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of County Commissioners.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
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Motion to schedule and advertise a Board of County Commissioners Public Hearing to consider adoption of the proposed 2025 updated Local Mitigation Strategy Plan for Marion County by Resolution on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as possible in the McPherson Governmental Campus Auditorium.
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